“Pray always”!
Prayer
indeed was an important part of the life and ministry of
Jesus and in fact his
life and ministry flowed out of His prayer with His Father.
One of the historic
moments of the Papacy of Francis was when he first appeared before the whole
world after his election at St. Peter’s Square asking the faithful to pray for
him before he gave them his Apostolic Blessing.
Everyone gathered bowed in
prayer for Pope Francis.
We present our longings,
desires, hopes and dreams and hope that God will align His will with our
longings.
We seek clarity and a sense of purpose for all our activity in these moments of prayer.
Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the greatest Rabbis, says, “
Prayer takes the mind out of the narrowness of self-interest, and enables us to
see the world in the mirror of the holy”.
So prayer is our daily ‘mirroring
with the holy God’ so that we may truly mirror His will and plan.
As the Rabbi
says ‘prayer clarifies our hopes and intentions’. Henri Nouwen would say in
moments of prayer ‘we open our hands to be led by God even to places we would
rather not go’.
So we engage in prayer
of quiet during this season of lent as an act of self-purification, a quarantine
for the soul’.
How big of a deal is this prayer for you?
For Jesus it was a Big
Deal with his Father before he dealt with the people of God.
How much time do
you devote to prayer everyday of lent and beyond?
If you cannot sit before God
you can never stand up for God. “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in
it with thanksgiving.”(Colossians 4: 2)
Reflections with music on prayer time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kVPrxcvuX0&list=PLP43STuIIso6-4bANokOdeJ3sVEhoyVzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZw--WYXzms&list=PLP43STuIIso6-4bANokOdeJ3sVEhoyVzM&index=3
On Bended Knees I Come to Thee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbS66Aodc0k
Lord Fill This Place, Let Me Feel Your Presence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FqZ0u7uZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiLQCuoskM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZw--WYXzms&list=PLP43STuIIso6-4bANokOdeJ3sVEhoyVzM&index=3
On Bended Knees I Come to Thee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbS66Aodc0k
Lord Fill This Place, Let Me Feel Your Presence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FqZ0u7uZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiLQCuoskM
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